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His silhouette disappeared over the hills horizon, but I could still feel the presence of complete darkness. The unholy monster that I saw in my dream had just revealed itself. I was now regretting not sending that letter to Celestia. She had every right to know what Graymayne was truly hiding. I looked at Fluttershy who still had that look of utter horror on her face. I mouthed sorry to her and she finally snapped back to reality. She nodded and let her head hang. I moved closer to her and placed a hoof onto her shoulder. She looked back up to me with a weak smile. I couldn’t bare the fact that Graymayne had truly changed into that. I thought that it had all been a bad dream but it really was true.

“I’m sorry Fluttershy… this is my fault,” I said, trying to disperse the horrific image of Graymayne.

“Why is your fault? You had nothing to do with what just happened,” Fluttershy said, trying to keep me from crying.

“I shouldn’t have given him his horn… but then we wouldn’t be alive. I don’t know what to do about it. Now that I’ve seen that, I’m considering just destroying it,” I replied, trying my best to hold back the tears.

“If you think that’s going to work,” Fluttershy said, pulling me into a tight hug. I nodded and levitated the crystal horn back out of my saddlebag.

Looking closely into the shimmering crystal, I saw that same faint white glow. I set it on the ground and raised my hoof ready to smash it. Suddenly, the image of Graymayne’s face popped into my mind. The look on his face was expressionless, but on the inside… he was tearing at himself in self hatred. I could tell that he never wanted anypony to see… that.

Fluttershy was staring intently as I was prepared to destroy the thing that changed my brother into a monster. I had no idea what would happen if I did. There was a possibility that whatever it was could escape, and I’m sure that nopony wanted it wondering around and causing further bloodshed.

I quickly dispersed any thoughts of the evil spirit. I narrowed my sight on the crystal and quickly brought my hoof down onto it. I felt the cold touch of the crystal as my hoof hit it.

I hadn’t even noticed that I was holding my breath. When I looked down at the crystal I was shocked. It didn’t look any different. The crystal still looked like its cold and gleaming self. I just starred at it and finally huffed in anger. I levitated the crystal in my magic and repeatedly smashed it against the oak tree. When I thought I had cracked it I took another good look at it and… nothing.

I placed it back on the ground and grabbed the largest rock I could find. I smashed it again and again until I was out of breath. “WHY!” *smash* “WON’T!” *smash* “YOU!” *smash* “BREAK!” I yelled. Finally, I stopped and starred, irritated, at the crystal. I levitated it and brought it close to my eyes. “Not even a scratch!”

“Oh… my…” Fluttershy whimpered.

I looked at her and nodded at that confirmation. I didn’t understand why it wasn’t breaking. I have never seen a crystal that resisted such a thrashing. I pondered what else I could do… got it.

I levitated it and placed a couple more feet away.

“What are you doing? If you don’t mind me asking…” Fluttershy squeaked.

“Gravity spell. I’m going to smash it with Starswirl's studies on gravity magic,” I replied with a triumphant look.
I casted the spell and I could feel the ground nearby start to sink along with the crystal. It sank into the ground and I smiled. The spell was working but was the crystal being crushed? After about ten minutes my fatigue hit me and my horn gave out. The spell followed and the ground began to rise again.

We waited patiently for the ground to either spit out the crystal in full or in pieces… please be pieces. We both watched closely as the ground spat out the now muddy crystal. I couldn’t believe it. The crystal still had no signs of scratch or cracks. My mind was blown and I was just dumbfounded. I mentally kept face palming myself as I looked at it. All I could think was… how?!

You can’t seriously believe I’m going to allow you do that now… do you?

“Wait…what…” I thought.

Just stop trying you incompetent little shit! I won’t let you destroy it!

“Graymayne?” I thought as the voice became clearer.

Nope… not even close. How would that ignorant fuck face even contact you without his horn? No… I am far worse.

“Who are you then?” I thought as I approached the crystal.

Tsk-tsk dear Twilight Sparkle. I can’t reveal my identity, but Graymayne will… that is… if he’s willing to.

The voice sounded exactly like Graymayne, but more sadist. His voice was as cold as ice and as sharp as a dagger. I was scared to reply to this familiar, yet intimidating voice. I swallowed my fear and built whatever confidence I had left in me and spoke through my thoughts. “How would you know if Graymayne would be willing to talk? I’m his sister, he would tell me anything.”

The voice burst out laughing hysterically and I deadpanned. You have no idea what he’s hiding. What’s deep inside his mind! There’s so much he hasn’t told you! I would know this because- The voice silenced and I could hear snickering. You little bitch…you nearly had me spill the beans. Just wait till I see you again, you’ll make a great wall decoration. I cringed at that line, but stood firm. I wouldn’t let this demented version of Graymayne’s voice talk down to me.

“Graymayne will tell me one way or another. I trust him and I’m sure he trusts me,” I thought as I reached the crystal.

You keep telling yourself that my dear. Think of this as a game. MY GAME! Graymayne is my special game piece or pawn for that matter and you all are spares that I can easily discard. But… for now… I enjoy watching you try and help his condition.

As I reached the crystal the white glow was now emanating with a great fury. It finally hit me! Why hadn’t I noticed this before? This thing was in Graymayne’s horn crystal. Worse of all, this thing was what we just saw. I smiled at my realization. “So…you’re the creature that we just saw then,” I thought aloud.

“Huh?” Fluttershy muttered but I ignored it.

Right, you are my little toy. Something tells me that you will want to know even more. Sadly, my patience is wearing thin and as much as I would like to watch you try and put the rest of the pieces together, I have other things to attend to.

Just like that, the white glow ceased and was left to nothing but the shiny black gem. This apparition had just revealed itself and I knew what Graymayne was hiding. All I had to do now is to get him to talk. That’s easier said than done. I took one more look at Fluttershy who had a look of complete confusion of her face.

“Things are starting to look a lot clearer,” I said, levitating my saddlebag onto my back and trotting toward town.

“Where are you going?” Fluttershy asked me with her confused look.

I stopped and looked back to her with a smile. “Graymayne and I have to talk. He has a lot of explaining to do and I refuse to let him live with whatever that was.”

Fluttershy nodded and gathered up the picnic. Once she was done with that, she joined me at my side and together we trotted back to Ponyville.

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‘Fuck me! Fuck this Fucking town! Just fuck everything! How did he get out?! Why can’t I fucking control him?!’ I screamed out in my thoughts.

I was so flustered in my thoughts. The fact that all the stallions and mares were once again staring at me didn’t help. All it did was piss me off even more. I wanted to smash some skulls right now so much. Just the simple cracking and crunching sound would make me feel better. I fucking hated everything in this damn town.

I was nearing the center of town when I noticed a certain stallion staring me down with pure hate and disgust. His mane and tail were black and spiked. He wore a pair of black sun glasses and a black vest and white tie. His cutie mark was that of three white stars. The way he was looking at me was really bugging me but I had to keep my temper at a minimal for now. I just needed to find somewhere to cool down and get my head on right. The last thing I wanted to do was lose my temper. Of course though… he just wouldn’t leave me alone.

“Hey Assassin!” he yelled. I just kept my sight forward and ignored him the best I could. “Is it true that Discord 'used' you for more than just his personal jobs? I heard you were his personal little 'play' thing. So tell me… how did it feel to have Draconequus cock in your plot?” I ignored him and kept my head held high as I trotted past him.

“I also heard that he let some his best soldiers fuck the shit out of you. Tell me… how did that feel?” he said chuckling. He was just another guy trying to put me down but that wouldn’t do him any good. I had been told much worse and I have gone through much worse. Discord never did these things. Sure, he was as evil as could be but he never did anything like that. I mean come on, who came up with this shit.

“Did you like it? Come on, say something!” I noticed that more ponies started to notice this and crowd around to watch the event unfold. I kept trotting ahead, ignoring the ignorant stallion. He clearly had no idea what he was saying.

“They’re just petty rumors that some sick fuck made up. Something tells me that the sick fuck is you,” I said, giving a quick exhale.

He stumbled at that but quickly regained his posture. “Denial~” He sung.

‘Asshole, he just doesn’t know when to shut up,’ I thought.

“You know what Assassin?”

‘What now?’ I thought.

“Rainbow Dash was right about you!”

I quickly started to pick up my pace and hopefully I could avoid what was coming.

“She told me that you’ve killed hundreds and that you feel no remorse for what you’ve done. She says you’re a heartless animal. Ponyville doesn’t take to kind to animals… but you’re different. You’re not only an animal,” he said with a victorious grin.

‘Buddy, you had better not say what I think you’re going to say because if you call me that single word, I’m going to break your jaw!’ I thought thinking of that damned word. I had been called it to many times and each time… it just got worse.

“You...”

I quickened but was blocked by a crowd of mares and stallions staring at me. Some had worried eyes, some hateful sneers and smiles, and most of all… fear.

“Are...”

‘Why can’t you just leave me alone? Please! I’m done hurting for now.’

Oh… we both know you’re not done yet.

“A...”

‘Shut up you son of a bitch! This is your FAULT!’ I shouted in my thoughts. ‘I’ve got to-’

“Monster!”

‘Well…that did it!’ I screamed with fury in my mind. I whipped around to stare the stallion down. He now had a companion standing next to him.

By the looks of the sleek body composure and slightly large flank, it must have been a mare. She had marshmallow white fur, an electric blue mane and tail, and signature purple glasses with a black rimming. Her cutie mark resembled a musical note. Her horn lit up and the glasses moved over her horn, revealing her iris colored eyes, which… off track... looked awesome!

I brought my attention back to the stallion and glared at him. “What did you just call me?” I growled at him.

He smiled in accomplishment as he saw me now finally pissed.

‘He has no fucking clue what he’s getting into,’ I thought as he began to speak.

“You heard me! I called you a MONSTER! How does that make you feel?” He said giving his marefriend a nudge. She retreated a bit and from the look on her face, she didn’t want to be a part of this.

“You should learn some manners! Going up to the 'Assassin' and calling him a monster is not one of the best things you could do. Just ask all the ponies 'I've' killed!” I replied.

“That proves you’re just another heartless monster! Is killing fun to you?” He asked with a cold smile.

That question always came up when I was being interrogated. I had been captured before and that question just kept springing up, so I decided to ignore it.

“I’m warning you! Don’t you dare call me a monster again!” I yelled. As I turned to leave, I heard it.

“Monster!” He replied with a growl. It finally sunk in as deep as I would let it and let my anger gain control.

I felt my eye start to twitch and I gained my wickedly insane and crooked smile. I looked back at him and his victorious grin was replaced with an unamused stare.

“Call me a monster… one more time,” I said, coldly and giving him a death glare.

“Monster!” he yelled, gaining his victorious grin back. He started to chuckle and his marefriend seemed to realize what was going to start.

I trotted toward him, still with my death glare. When I reached him, I realized that he was at least a couple more inches taller than me. With that, I did my best to get in his face.

“You misunderstand. When I said ‘one more time’… I meant for you to say it to my face. That is if you have the stallionhood to do it,” I hissed at him.

“Is it a fight your asking for? If it is… then I’ll gladly oblige,” he replied with a growl.
The mare from before gained whatever confidence she could muster, and intervened. “Neon... I say we leave him alone. He has a
pretty freaky glare going on. Let’s just get out of here before this gets messy,”

“Vinyl… I can handle this punk. I’m going to enjoy beating the shit out of him. I would suggest you just sit back and enjoy the show,” he replied not breaking eye contact with me.

“Neon Lights! I really think we should go and-” Vinyl said before I cut her off.

“Why don’t you just can it you overgrown marshmallow! I’m sure as tartarus that you had something to do with this as much as your friend Neon here,” I replied still staring at Neon Lights.

She just stared at me her mouth agape. “Well… well… fuck you man! I hope Neon kicks your plot!” She said before stomping off.

“So are you going to say it to my face or not?” I asked to Neon.

He just stared me in the eyes and I into his then took one final breath. “Monster…”
I took it in and before he knew it. He was on his plot holding his now broken muzzle.

“I warned you! Now you’re going to fucking PAY!!!” I yelled as I pounced at him.

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Author's Note

I hope this chapter wasn't awkward or disturbing as soon as you reached Graymayne's POV. I have to say...I'm not happy with this chapter. I have a lot going on right now and I have also been going through inspiration issues. But...slowly and surely...it's coming back...I think. Wish me luck. I have so many ideas for this story and I promise that this story will not go on Hiatus or worse...cancelled. Other than that, I hope you all enjoyed it! To those who are Five Finger Death Punch fans...you will like the song I picked. I would love to know what your favorite Five Finger Death Punch songs are...and maybe I'll use it in a future chapter. Fight scene next chapter with Neon Lights...and I apologize to those who are Vinyl Scratch fans. Thank you for reading and I would love to know what you think is in store for Graymayne and Twilight. Thank you again to all for reading!!!